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LABORrCONVENTJON RALLJES TO -SUPPORT
: ";r . c .. ANGELES CAMPAIGN; AND TRIAL
RT OF
LOS
':-- - By Max Hayes.
v l'lAtIanta,.,.Ga.;;;Noy. ;21. The
tral.btuiness.ofthe Federation of
Labor, convention goes, forward
s jthis'.weelc with, the impetus fur
rn ishVd ' byHhe "report ' of the com
..mittee 'on "resolutions. ,'
'The great municipal campaign
xthat Js'beinjj, waged in Los An
geles1 by -the- socialist's .and union
.ists'is warnily .endorsed, and all
Organizations and friends "of hu
manity ate urged' ' to contribute
their mite for' the"0 p'urpose of
( nieeiihg'''fhe expense-incurred in
this extraordinary Apolitical 'bat
tle which 'closes December 5. A
. number of) ''men and women
speakers' have "volunteered to go
to' Lbs Angeles and' assure the
voiers'-bf that city -that the or
ganized working- -people of the
country are1 hoping ;and praying
fdr:the''eleciion'bf Ha'rriman and
his entiretitk'et. J i " l
Further 'financial 'support wiil
be raised f OF Clarence ; barrow
, sand 'the attorneys' who are mak-
Jng'th'e great legal' battle for the
McNamata "brothers. The'de
"fenrse fund' has increased up to
' date t6 a"Iittle over $200,000, but
vit'JS'ah insufficient-amount to de
fray the costs of the case that
- rh'ive heeh filing up" for nearly a
Xyear anareund to continue
'lor many months. -
''Itis..hrought,out in the discus
,,sipn.,tnat4 the;belief.is general on
-the"Pacinc.)cdasJ; that the prose
cution, cannot .present- sufficient
v testimony that is 'material to se
cure a'.coriviction on'circumstan-l
tialevidenc'e.' However, even if;
there..is':a miscarriage -of- justice '
on account of the unfair jury -sysr
tern that exists in "California, uri-;
der which 'rtnly property owner?,
4re eligible to' serve- as jurymerl
it-is declared thatDaFrow has al-'
ready caught the'judge and prose
cution in so -many errors that his
appeals! to-' higher courts will be
sustained.-
The strike of nearly'40,000 men
on the Illinois Central arid' Har
riman lines will also be financed
as far as. possible There Is a dif
ference of opinion as to "which is
the best way to proceed, whether"
to levy an assessment or depend
upon voluntary' assistance irpm
international and local organiza-:
tions and sympathizers'. Presi-
dent Kline of the blacksmiths,' andi
Frankiln of the boilermak'ers,' who
have been in the east for several
days, will return to Atlanta soon
and make their preferences
known. .
There is still strong: talk,pf call
ing 'on the railway brotherhoods
to, walk out in sympathy .with the
shop men. . . - -
The bi.ttere.st fight of .the, con
vention is over President ,G-omp-ers
and other officials .affiliating
with the civic federation. ,Gomp
ers and his friends, are-still .too
strong for the radicals and. will
win out, but the, opposition-vote
will be; heavy and the moral, ef
fect will bcjiuchas to- raise Jhe is
sue" in every international union
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